At the end of next week, we'll know what member states' intentions are with regard to the plan proposed by the European Commission on growth and jobs, once heads of state and government have held discussions on 11-12 December. Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy, however, signed a common text last week that anticipates how, for the mostpart, the summit and its results should turn out. By publishing it at the same time in France (Le Figaro) and Germany (Frankfurter Allgemeine), the president of...